No one at Twentieth Century Fox is feeling blue over investing in James Cameron’s big-bucks sci-fi epic, “Avatar,” which pulled in a blockbuster $73 million this weekend despite storms in the Northeast.

The adventure also made $159.2 million overseas, for a $232.2 million worldwide total.

With that big a start, Fox was quick to say that spending an estimated $400 million to make and market the movie was a good investment.

Disney’s animated “The Princess and the Frog” collected $12.2 million, slipping to second after opening last week in the top spot, while the football feature “The Blind Side” was third, with $10 million.

Sony blamed the weather for a slow opening for its Sarah Jessica Parker-Hugh Grant comedy, “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” which opened at No. 4 on the list, with $7 million.